The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1887-04-14

as authorizing any common carrier within
the terms of this act to charge and receive
as great compensation for a shorter as for
a longer distance: provided. however.
that upon application to the commission
appointed under the provisions of this act,
such common carrier may, in special
cases, after investigation by the commits
sion, be authorized to charge less for
longer than for shorter distances for
transportation of passengers or property;
and the commission may from time to
time prescribe the extent to which said
designated common carrier may be re-
leved from the operation of this section
of this act
Pooling of Freights.
Sec. B. That it shall be unlawful for
any common carrier subject to the pro-
visions of this act to enter into any con-
tract, agreement or combination with any
other common carrier or carriers for the
pooling of freights of different and COM
peting railroads, or to divide between them
the aggregate or net proceeds of the earn
ings of such railroads, or any portion
thereof; and in any case of an agreement
for the p ng of freights as aforesaid
each day IS continuance shall be deemed
a separate o1fense.
Schedules of Rates to He Printed and
Made Public.
Sec. q. That every common carrier sub
ject to the provisions of this act shall print
and keep for public inspection schedules
showing the rates and fares and charges
for the transportation of passengers and
property which any such common carrier
has established and which are in force at
the time upon its railroad, as defined by
the first section of this act. The schedules
printed as aforesaid by any such common
carrier shall plainly state the places upon
its railroad between which property and
passengers will be carried and shall con-
tain the classification of freight in force
upon such railroad, and shall also state
separately the terminal charges and any
rules or regulations which in any wise
change, affect determine any part of
the aggregate &c ~uch aforesaid rates and
fares and ch Such schedules shall
be plainly large type, of at least
the size of ~ plea, and copies for
the use of the public shall be kept in every
depot or station upon any such railroad,
in such places and in such form that they
can be conveniently inspected.
Rates 20 Foreign Countries.
Any common carrier subject to the pro-
visions of this act receiving freight in the
United States to be carried through q
foreign country to any place in the United
States shall also in like manner print and
keep for public inspection, at every depot
where such freight is received for ship
ment. schedules showing the through
rates established and charged by such
common carrier to all points in the United
States beyond the foreign country to which
it accepts freight for Shipment and any
freight shipped from the United States
through foreign country into the United
States, the through rate on which shall
not have been made public as required by
this act, shall, before it is admitted into
the United States from said foreign coun-
try, be subject to customs duties, as if
said freight were of foreign production;
and any law in conflict with this section
is hereby repealed
Advances In Rates-Ten Days Notice.
Reduction In Rates.
No advance shall be made in the rates,
fares, and charges which have been estab-
hshed and published aforesaid by any
common carrier in compliance with the
requirements of this section, except after
ten days public notice, which shall plainly
state the changes proposed to be made in
the schedule then in force, and the time
when the increased rates, fares, or charges
will go into effect; and the proposed
changes shall be shown by printing new
schedules, or shall be plainly indicated
upon the schedules in force at the time
and kept for public inspection. Reduc-
tions in such published rates, fares, or
charges may be made without previous
public notice; but whenever any such re
duction is made, notice of the same shall
Immediately be publicly posted and the
changes made shall Immediately be made
public by printing new schedules, or shall
Immediately be plainly indicated upon the
schedules at the time in force and kept
for public inspection.
No Variation from Published Rates.
And when any such common carrier
shall have established and published it's
rates, fares and charges, in compliance
with the provisions of this section, it shall
be unlawful for such common carrier to
charge, demand, collect or receive from
any person or persons a greater less
compensation for the transportation of
passengers or property, or for any ser
vices in connection Herewith, than is
specified in such published schedule of
rates, fares and charges as may at any
time be in force.
Copies of Schedules Filed with Commits
sioners Contracts and Agreements
will, Other Companies to BE Filed.
Every common carrier su oject to the
provisions of this act shall file with the
commission hereinafter provided for copies
of its schedules Of rates, fares and charges
which have been established and pub
lished in compliance with the require
ments of this section, and shall promptly
notify said commission of al changes
made in the same. Every such common
carrier shall also file with said commits
sion copies of all contracts, agreements or
arrangements with other common car
riers in relation to any traffic affected by
the provisions of this act to which it may
be party. And in cases where passen-
gers and freight pass over continuous lines
or routes operated by more than one COM
mon carrier, and the several common car
riers operating such lines routes estab-
| lish joint tariffs of rates or fares or
charges for such continuous lines or
routes, copies of such joint tariffs shall
| also, in like manner, be filed with said
commission. Such joint rates, fares and
charges on such continuous lines so filed
| as aforesaid shall be made public by such
common carriers when directed by said
commission, in SO far as may, in the judg-
ment of the commission, be deemed prac-
ticable and said commission shall from
| time to time prescribe the measure of pub
| licity which shall be given to such rates,
fares and charges, or to such part of them
as it may deem it practicable for such
| common carriers to publish, and the
places in which they shall be published;
but no common carrier party to any such
Joint tariff shall be liable for the failure
Of any other common carrier party there
to to observe and adhere to the rates. fares
or charges thus made and published.
| Failure to File or Publish Ratss-Psnal-
ties For.
| TT anv such cornunon carrier shall neg